Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-04-29

NO. 40,
TRAVEII6.IN . EUROPE

/ nv kt11fg Ne ;--leavlng the attractive
1 clty "a The Hague ~ 3 O'clock in the after
4 npqr we has n tresenle ride OF seven hour
4 10 Cologne; There are 80 many stopping
/ places nllalpng these continental roads thai
\ u }4l<4a abAnt seven hours for q i've hour
\ Tide H,1sia rare thing to see y bell en- 81
\ engine. - every little station has lis "auc
\ tlq1 bell and ringer 70 signal the time feI
\ tafilngs Waiting rooms, too, are somewhat
\ inaoceaalblc s have 10 .be hnpted fer, and. 40
\ entrance lee IS demanded. There are plenty
1 ~ ncWspanern stalls and an eating .salpsp
\ bNt no cqQl lemonade, they dent knew whai
u y. ~ vow ask for ", they give you q bot
\ tleef acldra most Disappointing substitute
some places II Is pessis les 10 get the late.
l lpsthefdaY- Sunday Schoolpic. mic SORT, hui
th4n you ask tvr lemon sqstash, and seldom
1 get u iced
1 }nr usepf Ice is regarded as suicidal, and
| WI We're NeQuently demonstrated with fur
! INK tii.T npon1hapingi ~. One day an Hng-
I iislf party cpposile 70 Us, after watching -
| partake, and seeing that We still lived,
were rash enough to venture to taste ".
Their comments were as Tree as though they
were regarding the animals at geological
exhibition: why, see, they're eating Ice
Americans. Fancy! think I'll try 1t. Why,
really, II is not bad, but very cold r. Min
nie and Edith smiled down at their plates,
which seemed TO suggest to their visa-vis
That the American species had the sense oil
hearing.
80 many things strike as as primitive.
America, the youngest child among the ma.
tons, Is very precscisus hope she Will
not, ike many precoclous children, dwindle
into medlocrlty 10 middle lille.
we reached Cologneat ~ O'Clock at night
and were rapidly whlrled through lts mar
row streets 10 the Hotel Hollande, winch
seemed 10 US 10 be up an alley. After mount
ing seven lights OF stairs, our host assuring
us on each landing that he had no other
rooms, he ushered US into two very hne
apartments directly overlooking the Rhine.
In spite OF our long climb We were satlsti-
were in full sight Of the Summer Garden At
Deutz, on the opposite bank, from which
came delightful strains OF music from u hne.
band. The two points are connected by the
famous Brdge'o of Boats-a favorite place OF
promenade on summer evenings. Here were
throngs OF people and bright lights on the
bridge and passing beats and ut the garden
beyond, all giving q holiday aspect 10 the
scene. These, people enjoy life more than
we do, think. They saunter where we
rush and their open air entertainments are
conducive to soclability and AVAILABILITY. or
course, We visited this garden aud took our
seats quietly To enjoy the music. Having
just risen from the table dhete, we did not
desire another dinner, but soon appeared
the ubiquitous walter who Informed US that
we could not occupy the chairs at the little
table, unless We partook OF some OF the re-
Treatments. There were no other seats, 80
we cast our eyea around for some lnspira.
ton The spirit was willing but the ca
pacity limited. Happily, we recognized a
party OF iellow'suiterers from table dhote,
and noticed that they were toying with
several bottles OF Apollinaris water, we
followed their example, spilled enough oil
the water to pre'empt that particular table
and satisfied our prosecutor by giving him
the change. IL seems 10 be the custom 70
60 there TO dine, but we did not know IT,
supposing tho bridge tall and entrance fec
70 be all that was necessary. We were
much Interested IN watching the passage ol
Of the boats through the bridge. Two sec
tons OF II are simply detached from the
rest, loatei oil, the boat passes, and they
are roated Dack ana all rather more quick
| ly than the work Is done with our draw
bridges m
But my text was Vslogna. inc city re-
minds me oil ~ Augustine, Florida, In the
narrowness OF It's streets ana almost entire
absence OF sidewalks In the business parts
OF y. The houses are mostly OF stone, Gov
cred with mastlc, though many are very
finely carved There Is great amount OF
building going on, and the parks are alive
with nurses and children the women do
Ing fancy work, occasionally flirting, while
the children amuse themselves. All babies
under six months old are carried round on
a fiat pillow, on the outside OF which Is a
large pocket. Into this pocket the child Is
slipped up TO the arms, the upper part Of
the body and face being csvered with a
web-like veil of soft heecy, knitted wool.
These pillows vary In style with the wealth
of the parents. Those OF the Dorothy
whiteness are composed OF fine lace, while
the child of flshwsman was encased In the
blue cotton goods OF which the mothers
dress was made. We were told that no
child whose lower extremitles were thus
protected ever has collie. IL has the advan-
tage, too, Of keeping the spinal column
straight and preventing the child from alb
serbing the heat from the porssn cf the
nurse.
Cologne, which was once Roman colony,
was formerly walled city, and most Of the
towers Of its old gates still remain, As do
also the ruins of the Publications which
were apparently outside Of moat. The
wife Of the Emperor Claudius was born here,
and she adorned the city with temples,
aqueducts, &C., vestlges Of which still re-.
main II fell into the hands of first France
and then Germany, and now might be taken
for either a French or German city. II Is
an interesting place, with its quaint peasant
costume, Its street market, its attractive ar
cade and statues The main point Of intsr.
est Is, Of course, the Cathedral, whose spire
rises few feet higher than the top Of the
| Washington COMMUNICATING 5l1 feet
high, its height Just equal 10 the length Of
the edihce. It Is magnificent Gothic struc.
ture, second only TO 81. Peters, at Rene.
The stained glass windows and the carvings
Of the pews and stalls arc studies In art, aud
one feels lost in its immensely. Immediately
back Of the high altar Is the shrine to the
"Three Kings Of Cologne" THE Magi, or
wise men, who came 70 worship tho Savior.
Their bones were presented 10 the Arch.
bishop Of Cologne, In 1859, and are enclosed
In a silver gilt case, richly ialaid with Jew.
els The first stone was laid in the middle
OF the 18th century, and the building has
been constantly added To and bsautificd by
one sovereign after another, and Is even now